Citan is the name of the new urban delivery van from Mercedes-Benz. The
name was announced for the first time today at the Mercedes-Benz Design
Centre in Sindelfingen, during a symposium on brand competence and city
logistics. The name Citan is derived from the words "City" and "Titan",
so emphasising the vehicle’s role as a high-calibre specialist in city
logistics, designed specifically for the rough and tumble of everyday
working life.

The ideal partner in urban traffic
Its design
is correspondingly robust and durable. At the same time it manages to
meet the requirements of customers across the service industry, retail
sector and a broad spectrum of trades: a generous load compartment with
compact dimensions, allied to typical attributes of the brand such as quality, economic efficiency, safety and dynamic driving, all combined with low fuel consumption and the low CO2
emissions to match. The choice of drive systems comprises a broad range
of economical and low-emission diesel and petrol engines – including a
BlueEFFICIENCY package. A version powered by an electric engine is
already being planned.

The controls, the interior and the quality
of materials and workmanship in the new Citan are at the high level that
has become the hallmark of all Mercedes-Benz vans. The urban delivery
van was developed and tested to the same standards as its larger
Sprinter and Vito siblings and is in no way inferior to these. As with
every Mercedes-Benz, safety is paramount: ESP is part of the standard
specification for all variants.

Market launch of Citan to be in the autumn of 2012
Considerable
variety in terms of the available variants guarantees the new urban
delivery van a broad range of potential commercial uses: the Citan is
available as a panel van, crewbus or Mixto in various lengths and weight
categories.

The market launch of the Citan will take place in
the autumn of 2012. It will be on show to the general public for the
first time in September at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover.